That seemingly small event generated a financial tsunami that engulfed most of east Asia and overwhelmed Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand.

这件看似很小的事件导致了一场金融“海啸”，“吞没”了东亚的大部分地区，席卷了印度尼西亚、马来西亚、菲律宾、韩国和泰国。

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He tried - but failed - to keep the country from the Cold War conflict that engulfed South East Asia in the 1970s.

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